Films
This is the (incomplete) list of films showing October 6-8, 2023 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR! Check back frequently for updates.
Feature Films
Short Films
Films at this event
Two humans are hunted by a cosmic entity. Made for the 2023 Lovecraft Under the Gun 72 Hour Film Contest.
Troubled waters and accursed thaumaturges: Lovecraft's haunting vision of the sea and the unfathomable mysteries that lie within its depths, but also the ancient lore hidden beneath the waters.
Selling a house in this economy is murder.
On Halloween night, a young man wakes up sweating from a nightmare. He decides to go for a walk to go back to sleep. On the way, he comes across an old decrepit video store run by a strange old man.
After his deranged father’s belongings land on his doorstep, Cosmic Archeologist Henry Lucas must follow the clues to uncover the truth ofnthe ancient cult that destroyed his life.
Jay gets more than he bargained for when he goes upstairs to tell off his noisy neighbors.
A man's search in a cluttered garage claims an unlikely victim.
When a woman is fired but can't remember why, a magical stranger offers her the chance to have her job again—if she's willing to forget something else.
When a daring mission leads a deep sea submarine team into a mysterious opening on the ocean floor, they uncover a lost underwater ruin and accidentally awaken an ancient otherworldly being.
Two Kenyan college students travel to an old hunting lodge in search of work, when they are plunged into a colonial past.
In this sci-fi retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," a pair of astronauts work on a small space station orbiting a distant planet. As the mysterious narrator attempts to convince himself of his sanity while describing his brutal act of murder, he becomes haunted by a thunderous heartbeat that could only come from the far reaches of space.
A lovelorn Howie is at the beach, bemoaning his fate at his love being rejected when a Deep One walks toward him out of the surf.
A traveler is snatched away on a monstrous voyage. Based on the poem by H. P. Lovecraft.
A 'tale of the unexpected' about an 8-year-old schoolboy with a nasty habit of picking his nose.
"It was great... Snot what I expected." -Joe Dante, director of Gremlins
The famous short-story by North American worldwide known writer Edgar Allan Poe takes a twisted and never seen turn when adapted to the the controversial and harsh world of the Portuguese dictatorship times of the "New State" in the 20th century.
An unsuspecting couple meets Peg... and a samurai!
Everything is great when the investigators Augusto and Franco get their hands on a pair of strange glasses that enables them to travel through time and space. As they begin to understand them, Augusto gets obsessed with their power, without knowing that beyond time and space lurk and wait entities that prey for those with unearthly ambitions.
Two birds struggle with an ages old dilemma.
The hosts of a horror chat show celebrate their favorite fictional dark deity, Bapholeth, by selling a cute toy in his image. Only to be attacked by a very real cultist offended by the adorable blasphemy. A horror film about how we love horror.
A mystical horror based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown. Through the lens of the devil and the wilderness, we examine a spirit that is quickly metastasizing through American culture, leading people who would otherwise act rationally to become... the Possessed.
Mankind must pay for their sins when, in their hubris, they create the affront to God that is the stool with pants and shoes on.
Kingsport, Massachusetts,1918. Five people assemble at the foreboding Danforth Manor to hold a seance. Each has a question to ask the spirit realm... but will they like the answers they get? A horror/comedy silent film inspired by the work of Guy Maddin, H. P. Lovecraft, and Charles Addams.
Redemption gives way to a reckoning when a reclusive retired priest shelters a young Amish runaway in crisis, only to reveal a mystery that ties her to a terrifying encounter from his youth… and the shimmering curtain of aurora that rages overhead.
Early one winter morning in the rural town of Rhuthun in North Wales, three men are called upon once again to carry out a terrible assignment on the Bwlch Pen Barras mountain pass.
Shot on 16mm by cinematographer Sean Price Williams (Good Time, Her Smell) and featuring a score by Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan from The Super Furry Animals, The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras is a Welsh language folk horror film about modern Wales, rooted in the country's rich mythology.
With dreams of quick fame and fortune, five Maui teens set out to create a viral video based on ancient Hawaiian mythology. It doesn't go as planned.
With the Google Maps app leading him in circles, a man suspects his phone is purposely lying to him.
"Dissociation” is a psychological horror film that follows ‘The Genealogist’, a curious and driven researcher, as she delves into the history of a family that vanished over a century ago. In her search for answers, she finds herself in a dangerous situation involving a mysterious old man, where she is forced to confront the dark side of her own psyche and the dire consequences of her actions. This film is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat with its heart-pounding plot and haunting atmosphere.
A man is surprised by the arrival of a meteorite in his room.
On a steamy summer night at the Greek seaside, full of music, dancing and taverna food, suddenly a sudden mist descends and strange creatures plague the city, attacking people and drawing others into the sea with strange dreams. A group of musicians join forces with a lost sailor in search of his wayward Greek father, along with a waitress, a bodybuilder, their granny, some local criminals, and an undead priest - banding together to fight back against the otherworldly invaders.
In rural 17th-century England, a group of men gather to carry a coffin on the long walk to the local graveyard for burial. Much ancient folklore and superstition surround the pathway to the church, and several of the party are afraid to walk it after dark. Squire Marlow, the grieving father of the dead man, promises to double their wages if they agree to make the mysterious journey full of unexpected revelations.
*North American Premiere
At the end of his life, a writer recollects his visit to Beaumanoir, forty years earlier. The strange customs of the folks he met back then left him scared with an unspeakable burden. By telling his story, his hope is to exorcise his past and finally rest in peace.
Guillermo travels to the countryside to take care of Héctor, his sick father for three nights. Upon his arrival, Guillermo finds that Héctor's condition changes at night, in which, in turn, something coming from the sky seems to approach.
True crime documentarian Olivia Brandreth was nine years old when her father disappeared. The official police statement was suicide though no body was ever recovered. Twenty five years later, Olivia has returned to her childhood home to finally get closure in an unrelenting attempt to set the record straight. Blue Hour chronicles the journey of a dedicated film crew in their search to figure out what really happened that night in 1997. When conversations with family and law enforcement offer hints at a yet to be explained conspiracy, an increasingly dangerous truth comes to light. One that not only puts the lives of Olivia and her team at risk, but challenges the fabric of reality itself. In this genre-bending supernatural drama, Blue Hour manages to be both a thought provoking media criticism as well as a heartwarming story of self-discovery.
When victimized by the other boys in a cabin, a boy must pick his poison: stay inside and fight his demons, or flee and face the apocalyptic landscape that real monsters have infested.
A disaffected, young gas-station clerk on the midnight shift must learn to give a damn about something after malevolent mind-controlling bugs are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers.
Three friends in search of the Loveland Frogman are about to find out he is more than just a local legend.
Lenny has been feeding otherworldly beings through the Circle of Blood for nearly two years. Now that he's finally a week away from retirement, he's got to complete his biggest task yet. What could go wrong?
Convinced his career is the result of years of otherworldly possession, a troubled LA punk frontman must face his demons - both real and metaphorical - in a maximum-volume battle for survival after a bandmate's attempt at an intervention spirals into supernatural mayhem.
CW: flashing images, body horror, references to depression and mental illness, and an attempted suicide
Plagued by similar nightmares of a missing friend, a couple whose relationship is on the rocks takes an impromptu trip to Provincetown, MA during the cold, desolate off-season. There, they stumble upon a dark secret that threatens more than just their relationship.
Successful psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby (Heather Graham) has brutally murdered her young patient Asa Waite (Judah Lewis). Locked up in a psych ward, she recounts to her friend Dr. Daniella Upton (Barbara Crampton) an insane, obsessive tale of erotic attraction, out-of-body experiences, ancient curses, grisly deaths and unspeakable evil. The things Elizabeth has felt, seen and done have destroyed her marriage, ruined her reputation, left bodies in her wake, and led her to a ‘kill or be killed’ desperation. If Daniella doesn’t believe her now, more deaths will follow, and Elizabeth will be forever lost. But who would believe such a mind-bending story? And worse, if it is all true, who will be left to tell it?
A man makes a gargantuan discovery when meeting his biological father for the first time.
An eccentric man's prank leads to eternal torture.
When a young caregiver and her unsavoury boyfriend attempt to steal from an elderly couple, their plans unravel as they meet an unexpected fate beyond their imagination.
Upon failing to show proper respects at the edge of a mysterious marsh, two young men pay a horrific price for their encroachment, when a restless entity makes its displeasure known.
Three emissaries from a new wave cult arrive on the doorstep of a remote ranch. Tasked by their leader, they are on a mission to acquire the land for the group's upcoming resettlement; a mission that becomes more complicated when the old couple who own the ranch refuse to sell it.
Street photographer Lora Dupuis ignores her friend Cam's warnings and finds herself hunted by a dark and evil shadow-spirit. Despite strange occurrences, she remains skeptical until it's too late.
A brother attempts to bring his sister's sense of hearing back by performing an occult ritual involving vinyl records. (in American Sign Language, English)
When a drugged-out duo attempts to rob an antique store, they realize the older woman running the shop isn't as defenseless as she seems...
The sole survivor of a mountain climb struggles to come to terms with a supernatural incident.
Two woman connect over the magic and mystery of a bottomless pit in this short folk horror film allegorizing the terrors of poverty in America.
The crew of a German u-boat on a mission in the North Atlantic witness strange phenomena on board. After an inexplicable explosion in the engine room, the submarine slowly sinks to the abyssal depths, while madness decimates the submariners.
A young woman hears a mysterious noise over the radio and pursues it -- with dangerous consequences.
Based loosely on a character from "Call of Cthuhlu", "Death Parts Us" explores nostalgia's relationship to grief. After losing his wife, Henry turns to an old power to bring her back, only to find that “when we mourn our losses, we also mourn ourselves” and that nostalgia comes at the sacrifice of sanity.
1944, Northern Italy. US Army Officer Howard Bailey is sent on a secret mission beyond the enemy lines in order to retrieve contact with Crawford, a local partisan leader and radical scientist gone off the radar weeks before.
Scientists Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs) and Edward Praetorius developed the Resonator, a machine that causes humans to see invisible creatures that live all around us, but which also allows them to see us! After destroying the machine, Tillinghast returns to the lab with Dr. Katharine McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) and Bubba Brownlee (Ken Foree) to recreate the experiment, as a means of unlocking what really happened the night that Praetorius disappeared.
After a breakup, Wes ends up at a remote rest stop. He finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure speaking from an adjacent stall. Soon Wes realizes he is involved in a situation more terrible than he could imagine.
Don't miss seeing GLORIOUS on the BIG SCREEN with intro and Q&A with Director Rebekah McKendry!
A writer is haunted by his feline muse set to excerpts from H. P. Lovecraft's writings.
A young, blind woman visits her father, but when she gets to his home, everything is off. He has become obsessed with something horrible, seen through his telescope, which he names 'Ihruqax'. Unable to see the thing he's talking about, the woman can only latch on to the clear signs of mental degradation in him, and tries to get him the help he needs. This task is difficult and only reveals deeper, more horrifying delusions in the father. When she finally persuades him to go to the doctor, there are much bigger problems at stake.
In The Basement is a short Romantic Horror film from the mind of Andrew Scot Frink. The story follows a couple, Ian and Zachery, as they take shelter in their basement from a supernatural anomaly. Tensions begin to rise as the night progresses and the peril becomes more clear.
A mortally wounded Astronaut awakens in the upper atmosphere after a catastrophic event. He struggles to remember how he got there.
During Pride weekend, a gay couple invites another man over for a little... fun.
A nurse goes to visit an old lady at her home. He soon realizes she has a few screws loose. And maybe she is not an old lady at all?
A young sailor questions his knowledge of the world when met by a pirate and his quest for a mystical totem.